Room sharing on business trip - options when I dont want to??

DCFC79

Craighoy wrote: »

Looking at alternative accommodation - shared apartment with other unhappy people, but not room - but its very pricey and frankly I dont want to pay it. Cant travel every day - its in Monaco.

If you don't want to go then just say.
I'm sure I could fill in for you.

Tallaght

Tell them you snore very loudly and you need a single room

Undervalued

Craighoy wrote: »

Looking at alternative accommodation - shared apartment with other unhappy people, but not room - but its very pricey and frankly I dont want to pay it. Cant travel every day - its in Monaco.

If your contract requires you to travel on company business, including overnight (and many / most do) then all you have left is whether is is reasonable for the firm to expect you to share. As I said earlier I am not aware of any legal judgements you could rely on saying it is not reasonable.

So, your options are....

Refuse to go unless they provide single accommodation (and risk the consequences).

Persuade them to change their minds (maybe by offering to contribute to the extra costs).

Put up with it.

Resign and find another job (assuming your notice period doesn't run until after this event).

Sorry but it is hard to think of anything else!

lincroft1710

Craighoy wrote: »

- its in Monaco.

Craighoy wrote: »

Costs are being watched theres probably 500-600 people .

The cost of single rooms for 500-600 people in Monaco would be astronomical, so no wonder you're having to share. But if the employer is watching costs, why on earth go to Monaco?

ReadingTim

Undervalued wrote: »

Sorry but it is hard to think of anything else!

Not sure if there is anything else to think of!

The company has stated their position, and the OP his/hers. As the instruction is neither illegal nor unreasonable, the OP has no defence should the company commence a disciplinary process for disobeying a direct instruction.

The OP has to weigh up the risk that they'll do this, or not. It's a gamble they're taking, not a right/wrong question they're asking!

pinkshoes

ReadingTim wrote: »

The company has stated their position, and the OP his/hers. As the instruction is neither illegal nor unreasonable, the OP has no defence should the company commence a disciplinary process for disobeying a direct instruction.

I disagree. I don't think being made to share a room with someone who is not your partner is reasonable at all.

If they are pushed for costs and cannot pay for single rooms, then they need to find another location that is much cheaper!

Takeaway_Addict

pinkshoes wrote: »

I disagree. I don't think being made to share a room with someone who is not your partner is reasonable at all.

If they are pushed for costs and cannot pay for single rooms, then they need to find another location that is much cheaper!

Its perfectly reasonable, how precious are we all...

Gleeful

PasturesNew wrote: »

Tell them you're currently in counselling for trans-gender re-assignment - and so you're not sure it's "appropriate" to share as you're still exploring your feelings, persuasions and motivations with your psychoanalyst and their professional advice would be against it. Additionally, at this stage of your re-assignment you're wearing undergarments "not in keeping" with sharing a room with a colleague.

Not really a cool thing to lie about these days

PasturesNew

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Its perfectly reasonable, how precious are we all...

As precious as we like to be.

What about Yuman Ritez?

What one does in the bathroom, in the bedroom, should be entirely private and not up for being gawped at, nor reported upon, by random colleagues.... who might be super irritating, snore, smell .... and leave their grundies crotch side up on the floor!

Wyndham

I think it's reasonable to share rooms up to, say, the age of 18 or so. I did it on trips with school or youth clubs. But once you get past a certain age, it should not be expected. I'm now 48, snore loudly, often get up in the night due to being menopausal and am basically a pain to share a space with overnight. I wouldn't wish me on anyone, but also don't want to have to put up with anyone else's night habits - whatever they may be!